Cloud Certification for Government Operations

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced in late July a number of milestones in its continued efforts to spearhead global transparency for cloud services. Over 30 entries, from major cloud providers, have been made to its Security, Trust and Assurance Registry (STAR). Later this fall, the CSA, along with the BSI (British Standards Institution), will unveil details of the STAR certification effort.

"With over 48,000 individual members, and 70 chapters globally, the CSA has become the global authoritative source for trust in the cloud," contends Dave Cullinane, chairman of the CSA Board of Directors. "As we look to the future, we believe that enabling assurance in a global compute utility is one of the greatest challenges facing the industry, if we want cloud computing to meet its potential. As a result, we continue to focus our efforts on enabling transparency among cloud providers, for the benefit of consumers around the world."